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torrential rains causing massive flooding in houston tuesday turning streets into rivers and destroying homes terry waite is the reuters houston bureau chief right now our put together the banks of the buffalo bayou , barcelona , they're about , several hours ago , which nearly covered in water , the houston school district , shop all schools because teachers and parents it's , houston is mass transit system running on a limited schedule after being temporarily suspended emergency crews struggled to rescue people from that cars overnight with over a thousand vehicles submerged in flood waters the winds and rain causing electricity bolts to snap leaving nearly a hundred thousand people in texas without power governor greg abbott declaring a state of emergency in twenty four texas counties likening the flooding across the states to a tsunami , abbott said he has deployed the state's national guard and was worried to death toll could rise , storms left at least nine dead in oklahoma and texas dozens more are unaccounted more severe weather is on its way the national weather service issuing a flash flood warning on tuesday for houston as a line of thunderstorms moved along the gulf of mexico to word florida